DevilDriver just picked up their second consecutive Death Match win with their cover of AWOLNATION's 'Sail.' The band stomped out Demon Hunter in our previous Death Match, but we've got stiff competition and nearly 20 years of experience coming their way.

Killswitch Engage are one of the most entertaining and energetic bands a metal music fan can see today, and they brought the house down earlier this week with a stellar performance at Best Buy Theater -- with support from Miss May I, Darkest Hour, the Word Alive and Affiance.

Following As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis' recent arrest on murder-for-hire charges, the metalcore act has chosen to vacate their support position on Killswitch Engage's North American summer tour. With As I Lay Dying pulling out of the tour, it has just been announced that AILD's spot has been filled by Darkest Hour along with Arizona metalcore act the Word Alive. Previously announced acts on the bill include Miss May I and Affiance.

One of metal's biggest tours hit New York City on Friday night (Feb. 7) with Machine Head, Suicide Silence and Darkest Hour nearly blowing the roof off the Best Buy Theater. This current leg of 'The Eighth Plague' tour is Machine Head's first true headlining tour in nearly five years -- and the NYC crowd welcomed them with rabid enthusiasm.

Iced Earth vanquished another foe in last week's Death Match, kicking rivals We Came As Romans to the curb. This marks Iced Earth's second Death Match win, bringing them two wins away from entering the Death Match Hall of Fame.

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